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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
The Stony Farm.

1t is not the worst thing that might
happen to boy to be born on stony
farm. 1t was the rocks and stumps
that were in the way, and which had
to be cleared out to make smooth land
fit for cultivation, that developed the
energy and persistence that have made
some of our great men what they are.
A boy that can undertake the oh of
picking small stones from a four-acre
field and carry it through without com
planning has acquired training that
will carry him through almost any diff
ficulty he may be called upon to over
come in after life. The men who pro-
ject tunnels through mountains and
under rivers, who dig canals and build
railroads across states and continents,
are not men who, when boys, had
everything done for them, but they are
men who, when boys, had to do for
themselves or go without-who had to
hoe their own row, cut their own swath
and take their fair share of the dis
agreeable work that somebody must do
in this busy world Neoo England
Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
The Value of WOman's Time.

We cut the following from the do
nestle department of the Students
Farm Journal, issued by the students
of the Iowa Agricultural College. 1t is
from the pen of its editor, Miss Nellie
Rawson:
" Did you ever stop to think. what a
peculiar position the housekeeper occu-
pies? The results of her labors are
not recognized in the commercial
world. Anything that has no CONNER
cial value is in a general way regarded
as having no value at all; so the house
keepers work is the cipher in CONNER
cial notation. Ask Young America
what he does; he will tell you and the
wages he gets. He will give like
answec with regard to his fathers en-
ployment, and in all probability he can
give creditable account for all the
family till he comes to his mother: but
when asked what she does his answer
is invariably something like this
Oh, nothing; she keeps house, Little
that boy knows of his mothers work,
and yet he gives it as full a recogni-
ton as the world has ever done. But
the root of the evil lies in the fact that
woman herself does not appreciate the
worth of her work. Because the self
sacrificing hands do not know the honor
and dignity of their work. it finds no
place among the so-caled industries,
where its rank should be second to none.
A man goes to his office, where, free
from social and domestic duties, he can
devote his whole mind and time to his
business. But a very different esti-
mate is put on woman's time: ii belongs
to everybody but herself, and hence is
subject at any time to all sorts of inter-
ruptions. Unhappily a woman eau
not say, Go and come again to her
friends, though she can ill-afford at the
time to devote an hour or more to them.
But she must do it or lose her friends.
Then she soon falls into the habit of
thinking that the time spent in follow
ing her own tastes is dcfrauding her
family of just so much that belongs to
tin short, 10 act conscientiously, her
whole life must be consumed in trivial
everyday duties for which she gets no
credit. What wonder is it, considering
her lack of training and the many in
terruptions against which she has no
defence, that woman puts no higher es-
innate upon her time? The life of the
average housekeeper, deprived of its
force and meaning by its many and va
rious cares, is like stream that disap-
pears in some sandy waste. This is
but one of the many perpleXing ques-
tions that are year by year claiming at
tention and solution. Woman is be-
coming such an important factor in all
branches of industry that her time will
soon be of great importance to her.
Then change will take place, and all
previous customs must conform to the
new order of things; then, but not till
then, will woman's time bear the stamp
of its true value.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
Feeding Swine.

The National Lire Stock Journal says
truly that many hOg-raisers have got
into the habit of feeding corn to hogs,
and as this is a highly carbonaceous
food it produces a minimum of lean
meat and maximum of lard. So long
as the system of almost exclusive corn
feeding continues, the product will be
light hams and shoulders. Skinned
milk and buttermilk added to the corn
will help to improve the feed. Wheat
bran, shorts, middlings, peas, barley
meal, etc, would make a still further
improvement. Then, if the hogs could
have good clover pasture to run in,
or even clover cut and fed to them, it
would be further addition. These
are all classed among the albuminous
foods and help to balance the carbona-
ceous material of the corn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
Employment.

Every man should have some honor
able, useful and becoming occupation
something suited to his tastes, talents,
qualifications and adaptations. Just
what position he shall fill circumstances
must determine. The main thing is suit
able employment. Idleness is weak
ness, a bondage, WEAKNESS, source of
temptation and disguietude. Activity
develops brain and muscle and insures
comfort, credit and remuneration. The
sphere of labor may vary. All work
not in its nature and effect sinful is
commendable in Gods sight, and may
promote his glory and mans good.
The Lord depreciates not human in
dustries. He only condemns and dis
owns their misuse or abuse. All of
them, rightly pursued, are in harmony
with his ordination, and answer his
purposes in benefits to the family, the
community and the church.-Erchonge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
MiIk-Setting.

Professor L. b. Arnold, in the New
York Tribune, gives the following seven
points in milk-setting: "O To make
the finest favored and housekeeping
butter, the cream must undergo ripen-
ing process by exposure to the oxygen
of the air while it is rising The ripen-
ing is very tardy when the temperature
is low. (2) After cream becomes sour,
the more ripening the more II depreci,
ates. The sooner it is then skinned
and churned the better, but it should
not be churned while too new. The
best time for skimming and churning is
just before acidity becomes apparent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
advertisements.
100 Doses

one Dollar Hoods Sarsaparila is the only
medicine of which this can be truly said !;
and il is an unanswerable argument as to
the strength and positive economy Of this
great medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla is made
Of roots, herbs, barks, etc, long and favorably
known for their power in purifying the blood ;
and in combination proportion, and process,
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar to Itself.
"For economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparila." Mrs. C. BREWSTER. Buffalo.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla takes less time and
quantity to show its effect than any other
preparation ever heard Of l would not be
without it in the house." MRS. c. A. NJ
HUBBARD, North Chill, N. Y 100 Doses
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
One Dollar

Hoods Sarsaparlla cures scrofula, salt
rheum, all humors, boils, pmples, general de-
bility, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache.
catarrh, rheumatism, kidney and liver com.
plants, and all affections caused by impure
blood or low condition of the system. Try 1t.
81 was severely afflicted with scrofula, and
for over a year had two running sores on my
neck / took FIVE bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and consider myself entirely cured.'
c. L. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
"Hoods Sarsaparilla did me an immense
amount of good. My whole system has been
built up and strengthened, my digestion i'm
proved, and my head relieved of the bad feel.
ing. l consider it the best medicine have
ever used, and should not know how to do
without it," MARY L. PEBLE, Salem, Mass.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.. Made
only by c. 1. HOOD g. CO., Lowell Mass
. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
Gbe 4ouseboIo.
A Winter Thought.

I read an old.time romance through;
We read 1t once together.
II seemed a brighter story then
But then twas summer weather.
And all the hours were fairer then
Clear skies and summer weather;
The fairest of all gracious days,
The days we were together. Alice Turner.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26

the direct favorite line between Chicago and Mime
npos and St. Paul over this solid Fast Express
Trains daily to the summer resorts, picturesque
localities and hunting and fishing grounds Of Iowa and
Minnesota. The rich wheat fields and grazing lands Of
Interior Dakota reached via Watertown. short,
desirable route via Seneca and Kankakee offers supe
rior Inducements to travellers between Cincinna In
dianapolis, Lafayette and Council Bluffs St. Joseph,
Atchii on, Ieavenworth, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St
Paul and intermediate points: All classes of patrons,
especially families ladies and children receive from
officials and employees Of Rock Island trains protection
respect full courtesy and kindly treatment.
For Tickets Maps, Foldersobtainahe at all principal
Ticket Offices in the United and Canada-or any
desired information, address,
R. r. CABLE. 6. ST. JOHN. E. a. HOLBROOK
Presses Gsnl Mgr Asst G.nlMgr Gen Tkt sPa,A Agt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26

Guarantees Speed, Comfort and Safety to those who
travel OVERT Its roadbed is thoroughly lPased It's
Of stone and iron IL rolling stock perfect human
skil make it. II has all the safety appliances that
mechanical genius has invented and experience proved
valuable Its practical operation is conservative and
mchodicalts discipline strict and exacting The lux
my OF its passenger accommodation is une1ualed in
the West-uRsurpassed in the world.
All Express Trains between Chicago and the Missouri
River consist of Comfortable Day Coaches. magnificent
Pullman Palace Pnrlor and Sleeping Cars, elegant
Dining Cars providing excellent meals. nnd-bctwccn
Chicago. St. Joseph Atchison and Kansas City-resfu
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
PUTNAM g. MARVIN,
x ia MAkt J
ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL W9l

CTOse
cpll lines East OF Chicago, and continuous lines al
terminal points West, Northwe and Southweet is the
only tue middle link in that Il lnscontinena system
which invi and ira yctnnd traffic in either
The Rock Island ~ IN line and branches include Chit
cago, Joliet Ottawa, LaSnle Peoria Geneseo, Moline
and Rock Island, in Illinois Davenport, Muscatinc
WASHINGTON Fairfield, ottumwa, oskaloo:a, West Lib
crty, Iowa City, Dcs Moincs Indanola Wintcrset At
lantic Knoxville Audubon, Harlan Guthrie Centre and
Council Bluffs in Iowa; GallGin Trenton St. Joseph,
Cameron and Kansas City, in Missouri; Ieavcnwl "A
and Achison, IN Kansas; Albert Lea, Minneapolis and
81. Paul, IN Minnesota; Watertown, in Dakota. and
llnr.la Of nlin ciIins. tnEIs md NLllnlna
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
THE COT NCIL.
Routine BusineI~-Bridges ana street
Hepnirs-Importnnt Resolutions

Routine HusineI--Bridges ana street
Rcpnirs-Importnnt Resolutions.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion at the city Aall, with full board,
Mayor pro ten Tibbs being IN the
chair. The minutes of the two pre-.
yious meetings were read and ap.
proved. Various petitions for cree
ton of wooden buildings, and chang
Is OF switches of railroads were re
icrred to the proper committees. The
city officers reports were handed IN
and fled. The street committee re
ported on deed Ola piece OF land on
sixth street, Tor the opening
committee presented the report
Of superintendent Gallagher. This
report WAS duly filed The public
uprovement committee was instruct
ed 10 ascertain If the council could
with propriety and Justice to the city
have sewers laid ON l. ghth street.
The mayor protein was instructed to
advertise for bids f1r y first class
brick Or stone bridge over Barrons
branch At Second street. The bills
against the city were then read aud
ordered paid. Alderman Gridcr re-
ported having notified the Waco
Water company that Last Waco was
without water which was flied. ALI
dormau stephenson reported the re-
pairs mAdc on the cemetery gate ~
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
TuE,o>fEpIR,TE HOVE.
The Present Condition Of the nome
ana WHAT'S Needed to Complete
The Enterprise.

ihf bu'ffPI'-f'
General Henry f. Mccullough the
financial agent OF the Confederate
Home at Austin Is in the city on a
mission to our people. soliciting
funds to endow the institution to the
end that the veterans OF our late war
" hen they are INDECENT and iricndless
" i'll have ~ place to shelter themselves
and where they will be NJ home.
Tho nome has about fifteen acres of
which Is susceptible OF cultivation
aud is utilized No u garden 10 supply
vegetables tor the table. There Is at
present ,wo story frame house with
- capacity for about twcnty-siX men.
They have ~ 600 ~ interest now, aud
the plan l. TO secure enough by vol
uutary contribution so that tho inter
est will maintain the place. This can
be done aud it should be done at once
or rs quickly rs possible.
We feel confident that the good
people OF WScJ, especially the old
cohIeds VINO have been more fOrtu.
nate than tie r fellows, and who have
grown rich since the war, will give OF
their abundance to keep the wolf
from the door OF their old comrade r
who are anchored at the home
There are now twenty-one inmates
present, aud there are often applics.
lions for quarters which they are
compelled to refuse for want OF room
and means.
The affairs OF the home are in the
hands ot competent and well-known
gentlemen and every dollar contrib
uted to this fund will be applied to
the purpose of the relief of the yeter-
ans with religious eXacutude.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

Owing toto the heavy rain profes-
sor Black did not preach last night.
He will preach tonight, however, on
the subject announced for last night
allow Paul was Converted" lie
will continue the meeting over Sun.
day. It'll to be hoped that he will
have fair weather the rest of the week
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
Northern seed rye,
Northern seed barley,
johnson grass, Alfalfa seed,
Grain in car lots.
W. +. PATTERSON,
Fort Worth, Texas,

AugostufA Blt,crs are endorsed by the high,
est medical authorities here and IN Europe al
u preventative md cure Of malaria and al
summer diseases. Keep Il In your houses L
NayOr your drinking water and AL other be
yerAgee,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

The most -tupendous line Of gents
and boys clothing, in the greatest
variety OF sly les and qualities, can be
seen a. Sanger Bros
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

MIR l'rauk Wor,hsm, of tic Far
mer-' House, ha, takou charge of the
Austin House, aud viii run II in CON
nection with the old tayorite. Board
with or without rooms. Rooms fur
nisAed or unfinished at reasonable
rates
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
nm Brothers

are the leading book and stationery
dealers in Waco. They can supply all
wants in their line at lowest prices.
No. 369 Austin Avenue.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

onical Inan the ordinary kinds. ana oanno,be
SOLO IN competition with the multitude OF low
tssI, SNORT. weight. alum OF phosphae NV
GERS sod only in cans ROYAL BAIkNG
POW DER CO, 10 wall st New York
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

Don't tail to call aud inspect the
many bargains we will otter in our
great Remnant sale. Levine Bros
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
A. s. Haber

We are Offering for this week the Greatest BARGAINS
order TO reduce stock Bargains in Dress Goi
Bargains i'm all kinds of White Goods laces Embroider
Allovers FomcingS Table DamaSl Napkins Towelsard,
great many other goods too numerous TO mention.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16

tract And at the price per hvdrant
specified" The report otthe city at
torncy vas received and file and fur
TIER action on the question was de-
ierred for the present.
NEW BUSINESS
Alderman Flournov submitted the
report OF the committee appointed
TO confer with the county commis-
-iouers on the igee bridge project.
Tue report was accepted, filed and
approved and the committee dis.
charged, after which committee OF
three, viz: Aldermen Caruihers, Nc.
Cullough and Order, with the mayor
pro tenn added, was appointed to EN-.
ploy council to defend the county in
the event OF a suit by the bridge com.
pany.
TO CLOSE AT l. pm
Alderman Eyerly offered resolu.
tion which was unanimously carried,
that the ordinance committee be in.
structed to draw up and submit 10
the council ali ordinance requiring
all saloons in the city of Waco to
close at II O'Clock p. IN and remain
closed until a. III. a resolution 10y
Alderman Flouruoy TO bui Il closed
sewer in place OF the open one, on the
north side of Mary street, was adopt
/ ed and steps will be taken and
the work commenced. After the
transaction Of some other MINOR bust
ness the council adjourned.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-16
| EW|NE BROTHERS

Take great pleasure announcing their friends GUS
TONER'S that thew have their old quarters the elegant
place corner and ready show the
in Texas Wear very busy
u all who call will welcome and distinctly
understood show the elegant line of
Goods Clothing been brought Waco and
PETITION IS INVITED NOT FEARED. Respectfully
LEVINE. BROS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-06

and the mpossib;ity OF a remedy. which are read by
periodically threaenod for more than year Yeti the
treasury on June last held only Sl1.6olo21 more W
less addition than the years Coinage Of silver dollars
As to the future included 10 The snm held le r', h o,
express purpose OF redeemng National bank notes; In
other words that amount OF retired and cancelled per
ons bank notes increasing day, and that fund
4 being reduced No one VIII seriously r TsT
notes offsets the legal money which comes ont
Of the Treasury for their redemption Tho dollar
Of legal money IN National bank is worth four dollars
for expansion Of loans while the National bank note
there increases the amount OF deposits without adding to
the reserve But that Is not all the National bank CIR
ouaton Is not being contracted fast the snrren
aered notes are the deposit Of bonds
drawals No matter how much new bank circulation u
notes must be redeemed by legal dollar fast az II
reaches the Treasury II Is not unreasonable to estimate
redemption Of National bank notes, fully One.half will
come out during the next six months Adding 10
1a' the S Of ysr p nc@
seems 10 be ittle danger to be anticipated
Congress II business this proves DO equal to
It's prospects. more active money market is to be antc
pated Them But activity In trade, and because OF IT,
activity and fair rates for money not bear" Argyll
menta Little money made in "bulling" securities
when every manufacturer and in the country
was liyng upon his capital and money ruled at 1i2e2
per cent
Now what Is the other side of the pictured Every one
sees 1t In his everyday life All branches OF industry
are not alike prosperous ut tho trade repors-eyen IN
an unusual degree. The transportation companies-not
only those rails but also those by water-testy TO
the magnitude OF the movements. The telegraph com
panies doing large n business as
now although II is being done at low rates. The pros
poets OF growing crops better than they
for those rpening for the harvest and with favorable
prospects for I'LL unusual foreign demand for them With
such conditions the Stock Exchange market needs no
leader, The movements may not he rapid
they would be with leader skilled
in reading the signs of the times and
measuring the public pulse; but IL there are
no booms." there will no moro stability and the
lions will be smaller With without leader 1t Is not
TO be supposed that stocks earning the OF
per cent per annum will long remain rs low par he
cause two or three years the companies hardly
able 10 first charges. IL remains
TO he what Significance there is In tho
character OF the dealings developed the last day Of
the week But the change from tae character OF the
dealings earlier in the week marked TO elicit
unusual comment and probably II II had not beon
Saturday. and halliday at that would have developed
"a large board room following.
Subloned is usual table giving the highest lowest
and final prices and number OF shares sold for the
together with tho inal prices OF "A week OF sixty
seven active or representative stocks preXed by the
prices OF June 3, 1856:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-06
THE STATE or Trade

BALTIMORE. Juno 4.-COtton arm. MlddllnZ IL tc-:.-
Flour steady Western superhnc 81 90
81 TO- DO extra 20 0J 90 Family "a 10 a. o. Cly
Mills supcrnne 81 50 800 DO Extra s3 70 % 10 90 o
Patent 50 80. Wheat-southern quet Western higher
Red 90 0g6ci TO- Amber JB 6ViGi No western
Winter Red 96l4696'sci 10 for June 5o'sdSo &c
do Tor July August 92dD2 Corn
nrmer. Mixed spot 4Ts04S4ci DO Tor June AZ &c Dos
do July 7aGl7iaci do for August c.. oats qulet
southern s. Lea 5GG39c. Western mixed
Pennsyyania - G3o Lgc-.. ltye nghcr % %
..... Hay steady. Prime 10 Cnoce western 81 W
asli 90 ... Provisions steady. Ness Pork $40 W
4-l7 Bulkmclt.- Shoulders tni cleN Mo SIDES
packed GssGs2 BaconShOuldors 19eSisci Clear iio
Sides &c. Hams l2ad ltc...-.. Lard-kenned NJ r'sc
II d Eggs higher at 100. Petroleum steady
Refined OAc.... CoRee-Rio cargoet ordinary 70 ialf
2OS62l &c. quiet 4 soft 0.t5c -. Copper
Ronusd 0l4og &c Whisky steady &C 81 li9S 10
Erssn;s to Liverpool O'r se1Tsr S%cq' s bs
Wheat $4,000 bush. Corn Is 200 oats 5000 vush
Rye 800. sbipments-Flour l.l73 IblA Wheat
o. 300 bush Corn 2l.3OO bush saes-Wheat Z51oOo ousiL
Corn 800 busn.
Boston Juno 4.-Flour duiet-Common Extras. So 40
d 80 60 sprns Patents prime. IS O0e S. ID.
dullsteaner Yellow 81 d52'c; steamer Mixed OIL
45l PC. Good No Grade 00N5l..-..-Oats were nrm
No / White IO2d4lc. No White 80 NC No. Whto
shorts iddlings ton Sig OO6t2l 30.
Cheese StrOnG-Newl York ana Vermont
Extra 1l0l2a......Eggs steady-Choice Western IL =
Extras Provisions quiet REGENTS Tor
day-FlOur 200 Dbls and O.OOJ sacks Coru IJOOO
oats - 900 shorts 1000 bush
CHICAGO June quiet prices hrm unchanged Win
Patents - - - 81 5oltnern Winters JJ1 ID Men
igan $50 - ClDt03 Fancy Minnesota PAT
- gJ0el - Iinl ssDCb BLkars stctt s. 10 %
50 -. Rye FOur-S2 JO0s3 10 In bos. BucSwhoas $40
$3.50 per lOJ ID.
InoI. ntiturf Irtr Aarh nraI "A